By Musa Bakare.
In the unforgiving arena of Kogi politics, where alliances are fragile, loyalties are rented, and structures collapse under the weight of their own hypocrisy, one political force stands like an iron pillar in a storm: Hon. James Abiodun Faleke. The day he declares for the governorship, the very second he steps forward, the entire political landscape will convulse. Every party, every faction, every power bloc, every self-styled structure will crumble and naturally fall into his political empire.
Because authentic authority consumes artificial structures, true credibility destroys rented loyalty, and the masses recognise a leader long before the elites admit it.
Hon. Faleke is not emerging as a mere candidate; he is rising as a political phenomenon, a gravitational force powerful enough to pull the entire Kogi political order into alignment.
Across Kogi East, Central, and West, Abiodun Faleke’s acceptance is not the type manufactured by noise, propaganda, or desperation. It is the kind forged through years of loyalty, unbroken consistency, and verified performance. In a political climate where many leaders flip parties like clothes, his steadfast loyalty shines like a lighthouse in a dark and turbulent sea.
This is precisely why his declaration will trigger the greatest political realignment in Kogi’s contemporary history. Structures built on deceit will evaporate. Alliances rooted in selfish ambition will melt away. Opportunists will soften their voices. Those who once mocked his influence will jostle for space in his convoy. Because in politics, the stronger current sweeps the weaker streams, Faleke’s political current is a flood.
The political elite may still be playing chess, but the masses have chosen their king. From the markets of Lokoja, the hills of Bunu, the campuses of Anyigba, the farms of Yagba, the workshops of Kabba, to the bustling roads of Okene, one name echoes like a chant: Rt. Hon. James Abiodun Faleke.
This is not political preference. This is not the politics of compulsion. This is popular demand, a collective hunger, a statewide awakening.
When the masses choose, the elites obey. Even the proudest political gladiators know that going against the people is political suicide. That is why, once Rt. Hon. Faleke emerges, the same men who swore to oppose him will become the first to declare support, because no one fights the wind and wins.
In today’s Kogi politics, where political prostitution has become a tradition, Rt Hon. Faleke’s loyalty is not just a virtue—it is a weapon. A weapon that exposes the unstable, the inconsistent and the chameleonic. Political parties trust loyal men more than they trust defectors who left them bleeding yesterday and returned smiling today.
He is the man who stayed when many ran, he built when others scattered, he defended when others hid.
This is why every serious political player in Kogi state, APC, PDP, SDP, ADC, or any group in between will fold into his structure. They may resist, they may pretend, they may posture, but ultimately they will gravitate to the stability he represents.
Let us speak with brutal honesty: No opposition in Kogi today can withstand the political hurricane Hon. Faleke’s emergence will unleash. They lack his statewide acceptance, his cross-ethnic respect, his deep party roots, his nationwide network, his credibility with the masses, and the moral weight his name carries.
Rt. Hon. Faleke does not even need to defeat them, they will defeat themselves the moment he enters the race. Their supporters will migrate. Their structures will collapse. Their arguments will evaporate.
The inevitable political convergence is clear: Youth groups will align because he represents opportunity, women groups will align because his name symbolizes compassion and fairness, traditional blocks will align because he offers stability, Political parties will align because they need survival, even rivals will align because relevance must be preserved.
And those who refuse to align ? They will simply fade into political irrelevance, swallowed by the tidal wave of a movement larger than them.
Kogi State stands on the edge of its most profound political transformation. The emergence of Rt. Hon. James Abiodun Faleke will not merely reshuffle the political deck, it will rewrite the entire script. The moment he steps forward, the old order will collapse with breathtaking speed. Every party, every faction, every group will be absorbed into his unstoppable political structure.
Not because they are coerced, not because they are intimidated, but because they recognise that true leadership has arrived at the inevitability to which the future itself bows.
– Musa Asiru Bakare, member of the APC and political analyst, writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
